Here is a record of what is planted in the orchard.
TYPE
VARIETY
ROOT
STOCK
CHILL HOURS
RIPENS
DESCRIPTION
PLANTED
APPLES
Apple
Dorset Golden
M-7
100
Mid Sept
Outstanding sweet apple for warm winter areas. Firm, very flavorful, sweet like Golden Delicious. Productive throughout So. California and Phoenix, Arizona. Good early season sweet apple for Central Calif. 100 hours. Self fruitful.
2/28/13
Apple
We have 2 of these.
Gala
M-111
500
Early Fall?
Wonderful dessert apple from New Zealand. Crisp, nice blend of sweetness and tartness, rich flavor. Skin reddish-orange over yellow. Early harvest, 2-3 weeks before Red Delicious. Good pollenizer for other varieties. 500 to 600 hours. Self fruitful.
2/28/13
Apple
Fuji
M-111
< 400
Mid Sept
Recent introduction from Japan that quickly became California's favorite apple. Sweet, very crisp and flavorful, excellent keeper. Dull reddish-orange skin, sometimes russeted. Ripe mid-September. Excellent pollenizer for other apple varieties. Chilling requirement apparently less than 600 hours. Self fruitful.
2/28/13
Apple
We have 2 of these
Anna
200
July
Remarkable fruit for mild-winter climates in South California, South Arizona. Heavy crops of sweet, crisp, flavorful apples even in low desert. Fresh/cooked. Keeps 2 months in refrigerator. 200 hours. Self-fruitful or pollenized by Dorsett Golden or Einshemer.
3/3/2013
PEACHES
Peaches
Tropic Snow
Nemaguard
200
June
Delicious white freestone for mild winter climates. Balanced acid and sugar, superb flavor. Harvest begins mid-June in Central California. Showy blossoms. From Florida, introduced in 1988. Very low winter chilling requirement, about 200 hours. Self-fruitful.
3/2/2013
Peaches
We have 2 of these.
Babcock White
Nemaguard
250-300
July
Long-time favorite white-fleshed freestone. Sweet and juicy, aromatic, low in acid. Very high-scoring in taste tests. Ripens mid-July in Central Calif. Widely adapted: (low chill requirement, yet not early blooming). 250-300 hours. Self-fruitful.
3/2/2013
Peaches
July Elberta
Nemaguard
500
July?
Also called Early Elberta. Reliable heavy crops. Juicy, sweet, very flavorful yellow freestone. Very high-scoring in taste tests. For canning, freezing, or fresh use. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
3/2/2013
NECTARINE
Nectarine
Double Delight
Nemaguard
300
June/July
Sensational fruit consistently the best-flavored yellow nectarine - plus magnificent, double pink flowers. Dark red-skinned, freestone fruit is sweet, with unusually rich flavor — very high-scoring in taste tests. Heavy bearing tree. Harvest early-to-mid July in central California. Estimated chilling requirement is 300 hours. Self-fruitful. (Zaiger)
3/2/2013
Nectarine
We have 2 of these.
Panamint
Nemaguard
250
July/August
Attractive red-skinned yellow freestone. Aromatic, intensely flavored, nice acid-sugar balance. Dependable, long-time favorite in warm winter Southern California climates. Late July/early August. 250 hours. Self-fruitful.
3/2/2013
Nectarine
Snow Queen
Nemaguard
250-300
June
Sweet, juicy, early season white freestone. Late June harvest in Central CA., 2-3 weeks ahead of Babcock peach. Estimated chilling: 250-300 hours. Self-fruitful.
3/2/2013
PLUM
Plum
Santa Rosa
Citation
300
June
Most popular plum in California & Arizona. Juicy, tangy, flavorful. Reddish-purple skin, amber flesh tinged red. Late June in Central Calif. 300 hours. Self-fruitful.
3/1/2013
Plum
Nubiana
Citation
300
July
Purplish-black skin, amber flesh. Large, firm, flattened shape. Sweet, flavorful, very little tartness at skin or pit. Favorite fresh market fruit, excellent for home orchard. Late July. 4-500 hours. Self-fruitful.
3/1/2013
Plum
We have 2 of these.
Burgundy
Citation
400
July/August
Maroon-colored skin and flesh. Sweet, with little or no tartness and a very pleasing, mild flavor. Prolonged harvest, mid-July to mid-August in Central Calif. Very productive. Narrow, upright habit. 400 hours. Self-fruitful.
STOCK
We have 2 of these.
We have 2 of these
We have 2 of these.
We have 2 of these.
We have 2 of these.
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